History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Great Feuds in Medicine: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes EverAn exciting, well-researched work, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in the nature and progress of the human race.--American ScientistThe cataclysmic clash of medical ideas and personalities comes to colorful lifeIn this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Great Feuds in Science (Wiley:...
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A Treatise on War Inflation: Present Policies and Future Tendencies in the United StatesThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John BasiloneFrom New York Times bestselling author James Brady-the story of Marine legend John Basilone, one of three main characters in HBO's The PacificGunnery Sergeant John Basilone was a Marine legend who received the Medal of Honor for holding off 3,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal and...
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Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never EndIs Israel worth saving, and if so, how do we secure its future?The Jewish State must end, say its enemies, from intellectuals like Tony Judt to hate-filled demagogues like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even average Israelis are wondering if they wouldn't be better off somewhere else...
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The Ides: Caesar's Murder and the War for RomeUnraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius CaesarThe assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Two thousand years after it occurred, many compelling questions remain about his death: Was Brutus the hero and Caesar the villain?...
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The Great American Gamble: How the 1979 Daytona 500 Gave Birth to a NASCAR NationOne of NASCAR's greatest stories is brought to life in this meticulous, highly entertaining replay of the day that changed everything for the sport.--Lars Anderson, Sports IllustratedJoe Menzer has done an excellent job in telling the story of one ofNASCAR's most important races, a...
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Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity PoliticsIdentity politics has smeared political discourse for over a decade. The right uses it to lament the loss of free speech, while many on the left bemoan that it will be the end of class politics. It has been used to dismiss movements such...
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the NazisFirst they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist . . . Few today recognize the name Martin Niemör, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemör's evolution...
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The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific AgeAs staff writer for Scientific American, John Horgan has a window on contemporary science unsurpassed in all the world. Who else routinely interviews the likes of Lynn Margulis, Roger Penrose, Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Hawking, Thomas...
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Phantom Terror: Political Paranoia and the Creation of the Modern State, 1789-1848For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century, the years following the French Revolution were characterized by intense anxiety. Monarchs and their courtiers lived in constant fear of rebellion, convinced that their power-and their heads-were at risk. Driven by paranoia, they...
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The Diligent: Worlds of the Slave TradeThe groundbreaking history of the Atlantic slave trade, winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize, the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and the J. Russell Major Prize. In The Diligent, acclaimed historian Robert Harms reveals the complex workings of the slave trade by drawing on...
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The Three Treasures: A Revised and Illustrated Study and Translation of Minamoto No Tamenori's Sanboe Volume 97When the young Princess Sonshi became a Buddhist nun in the year 984, a scholar-official of the royal court was commissioned to create a guide to the Buddhist religion that would be accessible for her. He did so in the form of the illustrated...
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The Geography of Wine: How Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good DropWine is more than taste, smell, and appearance--it is a reflection of a place and its people. Why is Bordeaux a great place for red wines? Why do some places produce Rieslings and others produce Chardonnay? A fun and fascinating examination of terroir (the...
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Henry IV, Part IIPicking up where Henry IV, Part One left off after the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV, Part Two is the story of England's King Henry IV during his final months of life, his reconciliation with his wayward heir, and his eventual death.Author: William ShakespearePublisher:...
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Kicks: The Great American Story of SneakersA cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity When the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through...
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No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEALThe companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen's instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed...
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Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam HusseinA member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein's regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless...
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Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People's EditionThe New York Times bestselling chronicle of one of the most famous moments in American military history--the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War II--now adapted for young adults. Read the true story behind the immortal photograph that has...
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The Giant and How He Humbugged AmericaTwo-time Newbery Honor Book author has written an amazing account of one of America's most famous hoaxes!When a 10-foot tall purported "petrified man" is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in 1869, the discovery immediately turns into a spectacle of epic proportions....
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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg PrisonAt a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison.Author: Allen M....
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